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    characterized by his use of sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements‚ which he uses to create an emotional effect for his readers. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” he uses sound imagery to describe Fortunato’s sickness. The quote from “The Cask of Amontillado” to describe Fortunato’s sickness is “Enough‚ ‘he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die from a cough.” For this sound imagery you should feel horror

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    latter from a new and unexpected side. In irony‚ which is our next item of consideration‚ subjectivity lies in the evaluation of the phenomenon named. The essence of this SD consists in the foregrounding not of the logical but of the evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which

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    and Fortunato‚ where Montresor wants revenge for the “thousand injuries” Fortunato has caused him. The author uses a lot of imagery and irony to achieve the tone/mood of suspense and fright in his writing. The author uses imagery when he gives many descriptive details about what is happening which allows the reader to create their own image of the story. For example‚ the details he uses while walking through the catacombs like “the drops of moisture trickle among the bones “gives the reader a sense

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    What is irony? Irony is the mismatch between the actual results versus the expected results. In literature‚ irony is a device that causes surprise and amusement for the audience also a helper to the author to make their writing more fluid. Types of irony in stories are dramatic‚ situational and verbal. In the short stories “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ there is situational and dramatic irony. The ironies affect the

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    English 102 Situational irony is when a character’s actions have the opposite of their intended effect. There are clear instances of situational irony found in the short stories‚ “Prodigal Son”‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. All of these stories have characters that found themselves in an unexpected circumstance. The biblical story‚ “Prodigal Son”‚ is about a father who plans to leave his sons an inheritance after he dies but his younger son asked his father

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    man is what the Romans called him based on the speech he said in front of Roman. He uses repetition to explain how the Romans thought of him ass a "hournable man". Then as well they used to compare and contrast to explain how they once loved him ‚but won’t have caused them to withhold it. Furthering his argument of Caesar ambitions Anthony continues using verbal irony cause and effect and tone. He uses the verbal irony of the minds to mutiny and rage. It was that they were feeling hurt and raged feeling

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    Hawthorne‚ was a story full of tragic irony. Hester Prynne‚ throughout the story‚ makes a great effort to conceal secrets among others such as Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. This effort is filled with hypocrisy because of the way they live their lives day by day. Some being idled for great doing‚ others shunning people of sin‚ when yet each of them have all committed sin of their own. Therefore‚ irony amongst this novel‚ is great in quality‚ as in quantity. Irony greatly describes the author’s

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    Jonathan Blais Mr. Ersinghaus Story Critiques 9 May 2011 My Kid’s Dog and Irony Ron Hansen’s work‚ My Kid’s Dog‚ is a story about revenge‚ irony‚ and circularity. The family pet‚ Sparky‚ dies. We are informed of this in the first lines of the piece‚ “My kid’s dog died. Sparky. I hated that dog (244).” Here Hansen gives us a clue to their relationship‚ “We got off on the wrong foot. Whining in his pen those first nights. My squirt gun in his face and him blinking from the water.

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    even though they cannot be with each other and that did not stop them they still loved and cherish each other. Shakespeare in the story uses a lot of irony to show that you should do anything for true love. Shakespeare’s play is full of all three different types of irony in Romeo & Juliet: dramatic‚ situational‚ and verbal. For example‚ he demonstrates dramatic irony‚ Mercutio and Benvolio thinks Romeo is still in love with Rosaline but the audience

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    Through his use of carefully constructed irony‚ setting‚ and foreshadowing‚ Poe creates a mood that is both chilling and horrifying in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Throughout the story‚ Poe uses countless examples of irony to intensify the unsettling mood that he creates. In the beginning of the story‚ Fortunato encounters Montresor around dusk at a carnival party. Montresor says to him‚ “‘My dear Fortunato‚ you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day!’” (374). The irony of this statement

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